Essay on Policy Termination
“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy can be viewed as a compromise on homosexuals’ service in the army. President Clinton proposed to end discrimination on sexual orientation in the army. The opponents and the Clinton Administration made a compromise in the form of the DADT policy. This policy can be used to explore the potential strengths and weaknesses of policy borne of compromise. Actually, the 18-year process of repealing DADT points out to the fact that policy termination can be a rather lengthy and complicated process, which may have negative impact on society in general (Chidera, 2013).
The strengths of policy born of compromise include the promotion of democracy, civil rights, integrity, protection of human rights, continual debates on the effectiveness of the policy, massive opportunities for the analysis of public opinions regarding the policy, the use of the media in policy analysis, and the increased role of public support.
The weaknesses of policy born of compromise include the spread of the issues of prejudices and stereotypes, improper policy implementation, negative impact on self-identity of individuals and the risk of policy termination.
In general, I believe that policies should be inherently difficult to terminate, especially those rooted in public attitudes. Although for some policies it is rather difficult to define a compromise, it is necessary to be focused on public opinions. A democratic society should be based on the promotion of anti-discrimination policies. According to researchers, “with a Democratic majority in the Senate and House, it is likely that President Obama may have the votes to overturn DADT”(Cashdollar, 2010, p. 164). Finally, any policy born of compromise should be difficult to terminate because this type of policy issues remain controversial.
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